Wagon-seat support.



No. 836,542. PATENTED NOV. 20, 1906.

M. ST ANGEL 8: G. MOLITOR. I

WAGON SEAT SUPPORT.

' APPLICATION FILED F3119, 1906.

V ,3 9771 $6 W d gwif% s UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN STANGEL, OF HALES CORNERS, AND CORNELIUS MOLITOR, OF SOUTH MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

WAGON-SEAT SUPPORT.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 20, 1906.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MARTIN STANGEL, a resident of Hales Corners, and CORNELIUS MOLITOR, a resident of South Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, citizens of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVagon-Seat Supports; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

Our invention consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts hereinafter particularly set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings and subsequently claimed, its object being to improve the wagon-seat support shown, described, and. claimed 1n Patent No. 7 03,494, of July 1, 1902, whereby provision is had for preventing accidental displacement of the ball that engages the rack-standard of said support, as well as for swinging the seat from horizontal to approximately vertical position whenever necessary or desirable.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents a partlysectional front elevation of one of a pair of seat-supports similar to what is shown in the patent aforesaid and provided with our improvements, the same being attached to a wagon-body side-board; and Fig. 2, a side elevation of said support partly in section.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A indicates a preferably cast-metal plate having corner-lugs l) d and flanges c, the same as in the patent aforesaid. Abutting said flanges to extend at their ends beyond the same, as in the previous patent, are bars B, parallel to the-lugs b of said plate. The usual bolts C extend through a wagon-body side-board D,

corner-lugs b of the plate A, and the ends of the bars B, the usual nuts E being run on the bolts to hold the guide comprising said plate and bars B in place outside of said wagon body side board. A preferably cast-metal rack-standard F engages the guide, as in the former patent, the upper end of this standard being made to serve as a bolster. The usual bail G is employed to hold the standard in vertically-adjusted position, said bail being supported on flange-shoulders e of.

the aforesaid guide. The usual o'llset upper ends of the bail are extended through the lugs d of the plate A and upset or otherwise secured, clearance-recesses being provided in the adjacent side-board of the wagon-body to permit swing of said bail.

The teeth of the rack-standard are preferably shaped to overlap the bail when the same is engaged therewith, and to prevent accidental displacement of said bail we employ a guard H, having a longitudinally-slotted headf, engaged by the uppermostbar B, the lower end of this guard being caught inside of the lower one of said bars. To adjust the standard F, the guard H is lifted and swung outward, to thus afford clearance for similar swing of the bail from engagement with said standard. In practice there is suflicient loose play between the aforesaid uppermost bar and said guard-to permit the swing of the latter. The standard having been adjusted, the bail is again engaged therewith to hold it in adjusted position and the guard H returned to normal position.

Bolted in connection with the bolster-head g of the standard F is a forwardly-extending horizontally-disposed bracket I, having its rear end longitudinally recessed and its front end provided with depending ears h for a bolt i, that also engages the front end of a bracerod J, bolted at its rear end to said'bolsterhead of said standard. The bolt i also engages depending ears 3' of a swing-arm K, that normally rests on the bracket 1, and bolted to this swing-arm is a wagon-seat spring L, of preferably elliptical form. The bracket I and swing-arm K are oppositely offset over the bolster-head of the verticallyadjustable rack-standard, but otherwise approximately parallel when said arm is in normal position, and forward of its offset the aforesaid arm is provided with depending lugs 76, that oppose edges of said bracket. These lugs serve to prevent lateral movement of the swing-arm and take the strain that would otherwise occur in the joint between said arm and bracket. The rear end of the bracket I is longitudinally recessed, and the upturned rear end of the sw ing-arm is similarly slotted. Engaging the recessm of the bracket and the slot n of the swingarm is a bolt M, and an elastic washer N, of

rubber or other suitable material, is interposed between said arm and a nut prun on the screw-threaded upper end of the bolt. A suitable spring may be substituted for the washer. In pivotal connection with the lower end of the bolt, astraddle of the same, is a cam-latch P, that catches in a concavity of the bracket aforesaid against resistance of the washer N or its equivalent. The latch being swung back on its pivot to disengage with the concavity of the bracket I, it may be moved with the bolt M and yielding re sistance device to clear said bracket, the play being had in the bracket-recess m and the slot at of the swing-arm K aforesaid. This arm and its companion (not shown) being unlatched, the same and the parts in connection therewith maybe swung on the pivotbolt t to approximately vertical position clear of the front of the wagon-body, this being one of the important features of our improve'ments, as oftentimes it is necessary or desirable to have the wagon-seat swung down clear of the body.

. We claim-- 1. In a wagon-seat support, the combination of a shouldered guide attachable to a wagon-body side-board, a rack-standard vertically adjustable in the guide, a bail in swing connection with said guide to rest on the shoulders of same and engage the standard, and a bail-guard having vertically-adjustable connection with the aforesaid guide.

2. In a wagon-seat support, the combination of a shouldered guide comprising upper and lower horizontal bars, a rack-standard vertically adjustable in the guide, a bail in swing connection with said guide to rest on the shoulders of same, and a bail-guard having a longitudinally-slotted head engaged by the uppermost of said bars, its lower end being normally caught inside of the lower one of the aforesaid bars.

3. In a wagon-seat support, a horizontallydisposed bracket having an end thereof provided with a longitudinal recess and an under side concavity, an arm in swing connection with the other end of the bracket and having a longitudinal play-slot registrable with the recess aforesaid, a bolt engaging the arm-slot and engageable with said recess, yielding resistance to downward pull of the bolt, and a cam-latch in pivotal connection with the bolt to have engagement with the concavity of said bracket.

4:. In a wagon-seat support, a standard, a bracket fastened on the standard and extending therefrom in opposite directions, a brace also fastened to said standard, an arm, a pivot-bolt connecting ends of the arm, bracket and brace; and means for locking said arm superimposed on said bracket.

5. In a wagon-seat support, a verticallyadjus'table standard, a bracket in rigid connection with the standard and extended therefrom in opposite directions, an arm in swing connection at one end with an end of the bracket, and a fastener in connection With the other end of said bracket engageable with the corresponding end of said arm to lock the latter in normal position.

6. In a wagon-seat support, a standard, a horizontally-disposed bracket attached to the standard, an arm in swing connection with an end of the bracket projecting from said standard, and lugs depending from the arm to op ose edges of said bracket and take the lateral strain that would otherwise occur in the joint between the two.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands, at Milwau-' kee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

MARTIN STANGEL. CORNELIUS MOLITOR.

Witnesses:

N. E. OLIPHANT, GEORGE FELBER. 

